"Twelve teams remain undefeated in Division I, including UConn and Texas. Deciding which is the best of the unbeatens has been a dilemma in ESPN's women's college basketball Power Rankings since the Longhorns beat UCLA and South Carolina during Thanksgiving week in Las Vegas. The Huskies are the defending champs and have dominated every opponent minus a fourth-quarter rally by Michigan. But since those two wins against top-5 teams, Texas jumped past the Huskies to the No. 1 spot."
"It's time for another flip. Not only did the Huskies beat Iowa this weekend at the Champions Classic in Brooklyn, they never gave the Hawkeyes a chance. The same happened to USC in Los Angeles the week before. Texas had a solid win on the road at South Dakota State -- and bravo to the Longhorns for going to Brookings, South Dakota -- but in this razor-thin, week-to-week competition, UConn looked better and reclaims the top spot."
Twelve Division I teams remain undefeated, including UConn and Texas. UConn beat Iowa and USC convincingly and reclaimed the top spot in ESPN's women's college basketball Power Rankings. UConn's remaining nonconference opponents are Notre Dame (Jan. 19) and Tennessee (Feb. 1), both at home, and conference competition in the Big East appears unlikely to seriously challenge them. Texas has a strong resume including a road win at South Dakota State but faces a difficult SEC stretch, notably back-to-back road games at LSU (Jan. 11) and South Carolina (Jan. 15). If Texas survives those tests, an unbeaten regular season could become possible.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]